Diane E. Watson: this is a situation people in faced with every day. ms. watson: california being the largest state in the union and being the first state to become a majority of minorities, people come from over the pacific as well as over the border, most people think that many of our immigrants come from over the

Diane E. Watson: border, but those who come from across the pacific have many different ways o health care, more traditional. so they try to treat at home. and then when they come into the system they are more acutely ill. i

Diane E. Watson: allow not only for generics but their brands to be present -- prescribed by their physicians. in the 33rd congressional district in los angeles, i include hollywood, hollywood hills and so on, there was a young man at an event taking pictures.

Diane E. Watson: when i finished explaining the bill -- it was 3,200 at that time, he sat down beside me and said thank goodness the government is lookin care reform, because i require a medication -- and get this -- that costs $74,000 a month.

Diane E. Watson: i thought i didn't hear him correctly. i said are you talking about $ 74,000? he said yes. i said well, what is this condition? he said i have a condition that i was born with that starts the skeletal system, the muck can